ostensible
[ o-sten-suh-buh l ]
/ ɒˈstɛn sə bəl /
adjective
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories.
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ostensible
/ (ɒˈstɛnsɪbəl) /
adjective
apparent; seeming
pretended
Derived forms of ostensible
ostensibility, nounWord Origin for ostensible
C18: via French from Medieval Latin ostensibilis, from Latin ostendere to show, from ob- before + tendere to extend
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